shopping bag
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shopping bag
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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He was wearing an L.A. ballcap and carrying a shopping bag containing hundreds of whistles.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
She is believed to have been less than an hour old when she was discovered in a shopping bag on a bleak pathway near a busy east London road on January 18, 2024.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
Elsa was left in a Boots shopping bag in January 2024, when she was less than an hour old.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
A bride-to-be thought she's lost her engagement ring while manning the tills at work - only to have it returned days later by a customer who found it at the bottom of their shopping bag.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024
An active construction trains the reader’s gaze on someone who is doing something: See that lady with the shopping bag?
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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